Radeon RX 590 vs GeForce GTX 675M SLI

Place in the ranking	484	227
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	25.47
Power efficiency	3.04	9.63
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	N12E-GTX2	Polaris 30
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2011 (13 years ago)	15 November 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2304
Core clock speed	620 MHz	1469 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1545 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2x 100 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	222.5
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.119 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	256.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	-	+
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 675M SLI 8.79

RX 590 24.33
+177%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 675M SLI 6407

RX 590 23363
+265%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 675M SLI 18405

RX 590 48454
+163%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	35−40 −180%	98 +180%
1440p	18−21 −211%	56 +211%
4K	12−14 −208%	37 +208%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.85
1440p	no data	4.98
4K	no data	7.54

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−186%

40−45
+186%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −210%	65 +210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −562%	86 +562%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −404%	136 +404%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −283%	69 +283%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −186%	40−45 +186%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −350%	90 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −260%	90 +260%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −364%	274 +364%
Hitman 3	16−18 −188%	45−50 +188%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −502%	301 +502%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −359%	124 +359%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −279%	91 +279%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −383%	140 +383%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −361%	272 +361%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −438%	113 +438%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −462%	73 +462%
Battlefield 5	27−30 −352%	122 +352%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −256%	64 +256%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −186%	40−45 +186%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −270%	74 +270%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −184%	71 +184%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −339%	259 +339%
Hitman 3	16−18 −188%	45−50 +188%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −474%	287 +474%
Metro Exodus	27−30 −259%	97 +259%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −208%	74 +208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −293%	114 +293%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −112%	50−55 +112%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −342%	261 +342%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24 −85.7%	39 +85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −377%	62 +377%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −156%	46 +156%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −186%	40−45 +186%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −175%	55 +175%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −54.2%	91 +54.2%
Hitman 3	16−18 −188%	45−50 +188%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 −92%	96 +92%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30 −245%	100 +245%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −104%	51 +104%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 +68.6%	35 −68.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

−167%

64
+167%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −171%	45−50 +171%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −185%	35−40 +185%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −1275%	55 +1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −322%	38 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −275%	14−16 +275%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −180%	27−30 +180%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −286%	130−140 +286%
Hitman 3	12−14 −142%	27−30 +142%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −300%	72 +300%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −383%	58 +383%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −678%	70 +678%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −263%	203 +263%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−187%

43
+187%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −388%	39 +388%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −333%	26 +333%
Hitman 3	5−6 −280%	18−20 +280%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −67.6%	57 +67.6%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −500%	36 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −433%	32 +433%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −280%	19 +280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −400%	20 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −240%	17 +240%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −360%	46 +360%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −700%	40 +700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −333%	13 +333%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−233%

30
+233%

This is how GTX 675M SLI and RX 590 compete in popular games:

RX 590 is 180% faster in 1080p
RX 590 is 211% faster in 1440p
RX 590 is 208% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 675M SLI is 69% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 590 is 1275% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTX 675M SLI is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RX 590 is ahead in 71 test (99%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.79	24.33
Recency	6 January 2011	15 November 2018
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	175 Watt

GTX 675M SLI has 8650% lower power consumption.

RX 590, on the other hand, has a 176.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 590 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 675M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 675M SLI is a notebook card while Radeon RX 590 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.